Praline disconnection

This didn't last very long.

The Praline Connection was in business on Frenchmen Street for close to 30 years before changing hands and relocating to the French Quarter late last year. The move did not go well.

The Praline Connection closed before Mardi Gras and its location at 301 Decatur St. remains empty.  Aaron Motwani, the local restaurateur who bought Praline Connection from its founders last year, said today that the restaurant will return but could not yet say where or when.

“We’re definitely going to open up the Praline Connection again,” he said. “It’s an iconic brand and has a lot of value in it.”

LOL, yeah yeah "iconic brand."  Nothing is anything but a brand in NOLA Disney.  I wonder if we can buy the Gene's Po-Boy brand separately from the building it's about to vacate since we don't have the $5 million asking price handy.

Back in November when he bought Praline Connection and planned to move it to upper Decatur Street, Motwani said he thought that might get it closer to a "local" clientele. That never made any sense to us.  All the apartment buildings downtown are going timeshare these days. 

Besides the restaurant was far from the strangest deal the Motwanis had going on at the time.

Anyway, it's hardly surprising this wouldn't work out.  I don't think it was ever meant to.  If I'm reading this correctly, the Motwanis do own the building, though.  Wonder what the plan is for that now.